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The Phantom Town Mystery
by Carol Norton

Two girls from the East, out on a horseback ride in the mountains of Arizona, find a
house in the mountains. The house's history reveals that an eccentric miner once
lived there. As they turn to leave, a gunshot goes off. Dora vows to solve what she
and Mary call the Evil Eye Turquoise mystery. That evening two male friends and
the two girls visit an old storekeeper who knows a lot about Lucky Loon, the man
who once lived in that strange mountain house. The storekeeper tells them how the
house owner, Sven, lost his sister during a stagecoach holdup. Ever since the loss,
he had prospected successfully after gold and turquoise, always searching for his
missing sister. Sven set up a large turquoise stone to guard his house of riches.
Supposedly anyone who tried to enter Sven's house would be detected by the Evil
Eye Turquoise and severely punished. As Sven neared death, he decided to await
that moment by sealing himself in a vault in the house. But before that, he wrote a
letter to his sister in case she ever showed up. The next morning after the
storekeeper's tale, the four go out for further investigation. They progress up the
mountain road in an old car until they get to where the stagecoach was robbed.
They go over a cliff to a ledge. What they find is or you to learn, and what unravels
in this tale remains for you to discover. - Summary by Bill Boerst
Note: Carol Norton was the pen name of Grace May North.

Read by Bill Boerst

Total running time: 5:16:11

Cover image: O'Neill Butte, Grand Canyon (detail) by Thomas Moran (1837-1926).
CD cover design by LA Walden.

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